Legion of Christ
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 146 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5107-4704-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Legion of Christ (LC) is a Roman Catholic congregation of pontifical right, made up of priests and seminarians studying for the priesthood. It was founded in Mexico in 1941, by Fr. Marcial Maciel, who directed the congregation as its General Superior until January 2005. The Legion of Christ has priests working in over 22 countries, and had 889 priests and 2,373 seminarians as of December 31, 2010. In the U.S. it operates 9 schools (and assists at several others) and two of a small number of seminaries for teenage boys currently operating in the US. Its lay movement Regnum Christi has approximately 70,000 members, and the youth branch ECYD has tens of thousands. In Mexico, the Legionaries administer the Anahuac University Network.It operates centers of education (minor seminaries, seminaries, schools and/or universities) in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Korea, Poland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France,...